[2018]DLHC3294 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">COOZI TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS ALLOCATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">KASAP TELECOM LTD AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION),ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SUIT NO. CM/0186/2016 10<sup>TH</sup> DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:94.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ERIC K. BAFFOUR, ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:94.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Plaintiff claim the following reliefs endorsed on its amended writ issued against the Defendant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -17.45pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">i.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">A declaration that the sum of Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000) 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant paid to the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant as part payment for the International Gateway Services License is the property of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:42.55pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ii.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">An order directed at the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant to refund to the Plaintiff the sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States of America Dollars (US$500,000.00), 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant paid to it as part payment of the International Gateway. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">iii.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">An order directed at the 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant to pay interest on the said sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States of America Dollars (US$500,000.00) to the Plaintiff from 1<sup>st</sup> February, 2013 to date of final payment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">iv.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">An order directed at the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant to pay interest on the said sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$500,000.00) to the Plaintiff from 1<sup>st</sup> February, 2016 to date of final payment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:42.55pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.55pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:42.55pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">v.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Costs inclusive of legal and administrative cost against 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:42.55pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Or in the alternative<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -28.9pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">vi.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">An order directed at the 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant to refund the sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States America Dollars (US$500,000.00). Plaintiff paid to it as part payment of the International Gateway Services License Fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:94.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:94.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:94.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","se